Twitter & Your PLN - 7/10/12
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Joe Mazza & Tony Cantiague facilitate a Twitter 1010 with Penn GSE graduate students. Two Day Workshop.
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Twitter is a free Web 2.0 social media service that allows users to send and receive messages known as tweets.
Source: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/55-interesting-social-media-infographics/
VIDEO: Twitter in Plain English
Your Educational PLN•Graduate learners•School/District Leadership Team•Your School•Publications (i.e. ASCD)•Books/Speakers/Websites/Emails•Past networks
@Reply sent to a specific person but visible to all.
The Language of Twitter
RTRe-Tweet or resending another persons tweet.
Retweets are an extremely important part of twitter because it allows interesting ideas and news items to spread quickly.
DMDirect message in private to a specific person.
You can only DM a person who is following you.
#Hashtag designating a topic as in #edchat
Full Name
Profile
Followers
Following
Username
Avatar
Tweet
Sample Page
As an EducatorWhy Use Twitter?
Professional Growth
Create your own "Personal Learning
Network" (PLN)
For Your School
Rapidly disseminate information,
Why Use Twitter?
For Your School
Rapidly disseminate information
Why Use Twitter?
For Your School
Rapidly disseminate information
Meetings & Events
EmergencyInformation
Reminders
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Knapp Elementary School’s Twitter Pagehttp://twitter.com/knappelementary
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Knapp Elementary School’s Twitter Pagehttp://twitter.com/knappelementary
You can have a widget on your school/district website.
Parents can easily access your tweets.
You can set it so only your tweets are seen.
Access to Twitter
Twitter.com - initially
Cell Phone-Like a text message
Application on Computer-Tweetdeck, Tweetchat, others
Why Use Twitter?
Professional Growth
Create your own "Personal Learning
Network" (PLN)
From within a dramatically new information landscape, the best description of the 21st Century teacher is Master Learner. —David Warlick
It’s all about the #Hashtag
#edchat#edtech#cpchat
#elemchat#ptchat
#kinderchat, 1stchat, 2ndchat, etc.
#Cohort11
Searching for the information YOU care about. The hashtag search.
Global Twitter Use - July 2011
United States Twitter Use - July 2011
Visual: How does Twitter expand your PLN?
(Since November 2011)
Why I Value Twitter My PLN
Search for Information
Reflective Practice
Global and Local
Perspectives
Instant Feedback
Newsroom
Showcase
Professional Development
Together We Are Better
Ask a Question on Twitter
Who are you reading?http://twitter.com/nmhs_principalhttp://twitter.com/cybraryman1
What professional groups do you belong to?http://twitter.com/PennGSEhttp://twitter.com/ascd
What are you interested in?http://twitter.com/NASAhttp://twitter.com/APA_Style
Look at who they follow and their followers.
Who Should I Follow?
ConferencesContinue networking online after the
conference is over.
Check This Wiki http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/
Resources to help you move forward...
Best Twitter Infographics of 2011
Learn Twitter Resources Page
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